tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post1302921479295316563..comments2024-02-19T07:12:32.248-06:00Comments on Baseball Outsider: The Catcher Project: A final thoughtEdward Thomahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10769979703606661737noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-76490097354153677452010-02-26T13:26:40.688-06:002010-02-26T13:26:40.688-06:00We seem to have good and inexpensive catchers to b...We seem to have good and inexpensive catchers to back Mauer up in the future. Morales, Ramos, Ramms. Perhaps a large contract for catching 125 games per year is financially doable for the Twins as the back up would be league minimum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-62762342143707445962010-02-26T11:18:02.712-06:002010-02-26T11:18:02.712-06:00True, but it's probably counterbalanced by tod...True, but it's probably counterbalanced by today's cross-county flights, repeated time zone changes and irregular hours.<br /><br />But then, players of the pre-night ball era created their own irregular hours. I believe Gabby Hartnett died of cirrosis.Edward Thomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769979703606661737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-14174063257585547432010-02-26T08:29:30.125-06:002010-02-26T08:29:30.125-06:00Well done once again. Something that keeps hittin...Well done once again. Something that keeps hitting me: most of the early era catchers would have played exclusively day games. MLB has moved to what seems like 90% (yeah that's a guess) night games. Catching is still catching, but not as much sun and usually cooler temps factor in somewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com